CNN's coverage of the historic election was co ... a 44 percent decline in total viewers compared with the 2020 election. From 6 p.m. through 3 a.m., ET CNN had a total of 3.8 million viewers ...

That’s down 25.6% from the 2020 election ... history that MSNBC outpaced CNN on a presidential election night. As CNN live-streamed its coverage across Max and other digital platforms, CNN ...

However, as an indication of what and where Americans are getting their news, that primetime viewership was actually down a hard 25% from the 2020 election that saw Joe Biden defeat Trump.